Since reading the book, I have tackled learning a few skills. I’m good at #1 (choose a lovable project), but poor at #2 (one skill at a time). But I’m getting better.

Probably the best tip I have to learning a new skill is to just get started. We waste too much time looking for the best tools and hacks to learn something as an avoidance tactic for that first week (or 20 hours) of being frustrated. You can always change tools later and often we don’t know which tool is going to be best until we start the work. I touched on this briefly in my 2016 post Learn a Foreign Language SUPER FAST or Not.